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List disks into a SAS RAID adapter (Hardware):
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sissasraidmgr -L -j1 -l sissas0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name Resource State Description Size ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sissas0 FEFFFFFF Available PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb hdisk1 FC0000FF Optimal RAID 0 Array 283.8GB pdisk1 0009FFFF Active Array Member 283.8GB hdisk0 FC0100FF Optimal RAID 0 Array 283.8GB pdisk0 0008FFFF Active Array Member 283.8GB
List disks into a SCSI RAID adapter (Hardware):
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -L -j1 -l sisioa0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name Location State Description Size ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sisioa0 04-08 Available PCI-X Dual Channel U320 SCSI RAID Adapter scsi2 04-08-00-07,0 NoLink No remote adapter target scsi3 04-08-01-07,0 NoLink No remote adapter target hdisk0 04-08-ff-0,0 Optimal RAID 10 Array 142.8GB pdisk2 04-08-00-3,0 Active Array Member 142.8GB pdisk4 04-08-01-3,0 Active Array Member 142.8GB hdisk1 04-08-ff-0,1 Optimal RAID 10 Array 142.8GB pdisk0 04-08-00-4,0 Active Array Member 142.8GB pdisk5 04-08-01-4,0 Active Array Member 142.8GB pdisk3 04-08-00-8,0 Active Hot Spare 142.8GB pdisk7 04-08-01-8,0 Active Hot Spare 142.8GB hdisk7 04-08-00-5,0 Available 16 Bit LVD SCSI 146.8GB hdisk8 04-08-01-5,0 Available 16 Bit LVD SCSI 146.8GB
Rebuild a raid device (reconstructs a degraded array):
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -R -z 'pdisk0 pdisk1'
Resynchronizes array protection.
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -Y -l hdisk1
Delete a raid disk:
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -Dl sisioa0 -d hdisk0
Creates stand-alone physical disks. Delete a pdisk an reformat to convert to hdisk (take about 30min for a 145GB disk):
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -U -z pdisk2 [root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -U -z pdisk4
Format a SAS pdisk
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sissasraidmgr -F -z pdisk2